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10th Advent image: 1917 Christmas card sent from Head of French Lt. Charles A. Martin in France.
The coming of Christ 'the golden blossom': an Anglo-Saxon reflection on Advent, season of poetry and paradox.
How could I bear a crown of gold when the Lord bears a crown of thorns? And bears it for me!
St. Elizabeth of Hungary
The Triumph of Judas Maccabeus
Judah Maccabee praying for the dead; from 2 Macc 12:39–48 in which Judah's troops find stolen idolatrous charms on the corpses of Jewish warriors slain on the battlefield. He therefore offers prayers and sacrifice for the warriors who died in sin.
November 22nd is the feast of Blessed Salvatore Lilli: Franciscan priest and Italian missionary to Armenia, where he built schools and hospitals; tortured and martyred alongside his companions by Turkish Muslims on this day in 1895, after refusing to convert to Islam.
The omnipresence of God
Look at this mirror and you will see a picture of what you will be.
“Neither is there any creature invisible in his sight: but all things are naked and open to his eyes, to whom our speech is.“ - Epistle Of Saint Paul To The Hebrews 4:13
The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus
Mother of the Barefoot Carmelites
2 angels lighting Teresa’s path.
St. Teresa's vision of the the sinful condition of a priest. Beware
The future of the Order of Carmel is shown to St. Teresa.
Apparition of St. Teresa of Jesus after death.
Because logical, reasonable, strongmindedness, moral rectitude, men who were not self-absorbed, narcistic, egoistic, self-serving, depraved and dishonest wouldn't imagine murdering a child as a practice of law. The absurdity of even mentioning such an idea would NEVER happen!
After we have seen You here down below in creation and in a hazy manner by means of faith, may we come at last to behold Your Face in Heaven...